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Karim Benzema is introduced on Thursday evening at his new club Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, where he signed a three-year deal. The Frenchman is expected to earn around €200 million per season in a contract that will keep him at the club until 2026. Benzema is already 35, so he will play at least until the age of 38 in Saudi Arabia, where he will meet his former Real Madrid attacking partner, Cristiano Ronaldo, and probably quite a few other stars who will join in the coming weeks. Al Ittihad won the Saudi Arabian championship, ahead of Ronaldo's Al Nassr. The team is coached by Nuno Espirito Ex Wolves and its most prominent foreigners are Helder Costa and Romarinho, who scored 13 league goals.
Karim Benzema is introduced on Thursday evening at his new club Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, where he signed a three-year deal. The Frenchman is expected to earn around €200 million per season in a contract that will keep him at the club until 2026. Benzema is already 35, so he will play at least until the age of 38 in Saudi Arabia, where he will meet his former Real Madrid attacking partner, Cristiano Ronaldo, and probably quite a few other stars who will join in the coming weeks. Al Ittihad won the Saudi Arabian championship, ahead of Ronaldo's Al Nassr. The team is coached by Nuno Espirito Ex Wolves and its most prominent foreigners are Helder Costa and Romarinho, who scored 13 league goals.
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"I'm excited to experience a new league in another country," Benzema said this week. "Al Ittihad has big ambitions to become a superpower in Asia after winning the championship. I've had the good fortune to achieve amazing amazing things in my career, and now feels the time for a challenge and a new project. Every time I visited the Saadith evening I was greeted with warmth and love from the fans. I look forward to joining my new friends, and together with them taking this amazing club and Saudi football to new heights."
"It's a new challenge and a new life, and I can't wait," the Frenchman continued, "It's a good league with good players. Cristiano Ronaldo is already here, he is a friend who shows that Saudi Arabia is starting to make progress. I'm here to win, just like in Europe."
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